UN says security situation along Lebanon-Israel Blue Line has deteriorated
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have reported a marked deterioration in the security situation along the Blue Line of separation, according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Thursday. Dujarric said Israeli forces have intensified their military footprint in the area. He said this activity is in violation of a landmark Security Council resolution. The source does not give casualty figures, a specific incident date, or further operational details. It only states that the security picture along the Lebanon-Israel separation line has worsened and that the UN is characterizing the Israeli military posture there as non-compliant with the resolution. #UNPeacekeepers #SecurityCouncil #BlueLine... [Continue Reading]
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Syria begins destroying remnants of Assad-era chemical weapons programme
Syria has begun destroying remnants of the chemical weapons programme built under former President Bashar al-Assad, according to Syrian and United Nations officials. The work includes raw materials and munitions linked to the country's civil war-era chemical arsenal. Officials said the destruction is being carried out under international verification.At a briefing to the United Nations Security Council, the UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had verified the destruction of chemical munitions in Syria for the first time since 2014. She said Syrian authorities located remnants of the programme in... [Continue Reading]

